DA-SWCCO, SEARCA and UPLBFI hold AMIA Project 1 Summative Event

QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture – System Wide Climate Change Office (DA-SWCCO), the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), and the University of the Philippines Los Baños Foundation, Inc. (UPLBFI), convened the Summative Event under the DA-funded project titled, Strengthening Implementation of Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA Project 1), on 9-10 June 2016 at Torre Venezia Suites and Sequoia Hotel in Quezon City.

Ms. Alicia Ilaga, DA-SWCCO Director, and Dr. Lope Santos III, SEARCA Program Specialist for Project Development and Technical Services (PDTS), delivered the welcoming remarks. They both emphasized the need to integrate and harmonize the results of the different project components to ensure the relevance and effectiveness of their outputs.

The following were presented before the representatives of DA staff bureaus and regional field offices: